De or het spreuk?
de spreuk
proverb, adage, saying
/sprøːk/
Article and plural
- Singular
- de spreuk
- Plural (meervoud)
- de spreuken
- Diminutive
- het spreukje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de spreuk is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de spreuken whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het spreukje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze spreuk | deze spreuken |
| that, those | die spreuk | die spreuken |
| which (the … that) | de spreuk die … | de spreuken die … |
| our | onze spreuk | onze spreuken |
Meaning in English
- proverb, adage, saying
- sentence
- conjuration, incantation
- spell
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